No plans for Trump to visit DMZ, White House official says

President Donald Trump has no current plans to visit the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea during his trip to Asia next month, a White House official said Monday.

Instead, Trump is slated to speak with U.S. troops at Camp Humphreys, which is located south of Seoul, the official said.

“Security is not the concern,” the official said, rejecting the notion that concerns about the president’s safety would keep him from visiting the contentious slice of land that divides the two nations.

The official added that the final details of the South Korean leg of the trip are still being ironed out. Vice President Mike Pence visited the DMZ earlier this year.

Trump is slated to depart for a nearly two-week trip through Asia early next month, with additional stops in China, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines. It will be his first official visit to Asia as president and it will mark his longest continuous trip during his time in office.

It’s unclear if the president will visit the Great Wall of China, the official said, a stop that could serve as a convenient metaphor for his bid to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump is expected to use his visit to Beijing to pressure China on trade and the threat of North Korea.

At the tail end of his trip, Trump will hold a one-on-one meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has come under fire for his crackdown on drug trafficking in the country.